e! news

Days after having a double lumpectomy, Giuliana Rancic has returned to work at E! News.

"I've got to say, I feel great. My surgery went very well," Rancic said during her first telecast back. "I still do have a bit of a road ahead of me, but it's nothing I can't handle ... and it's going to be good!

Rancic went public with her breast cancer battle during an interview on NBC's 'Today.' The TV host has been undergoing IVF treatments in an effort to conceive a baby with her 'Apprentice' winner husband Bill Rancic.

"Through my attempt to get pregnant through IVF, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer," she said on Oct. 17. "It's been a shock."

Bill Rancic, the very first winner of The Apprentice, is engaged to Giuliana DePandi, co-host of E! News and nemesis of Ryan Seacrest. The two met in 2004 when DePandi interviewed Rancic after his bib win, but they didn't become romantically involved until earlier this year when they reunited at a charity event.

E! reports that Bill popped the question by taking DePandi on a helicopter ride over his hometown of Chicago, then treating her to deep-dish pizza, chocolate cake and champagne.

Bill is still working for Donald Trump, in various capacities. His newest job is to play 'sidekick' to Trump on the next edition of The Apprentice, which premieres on NBC on January 7.

Ryan Seacrest's plan for world domination is nearly complete. He just signed a deal to executive produce and host E!'s Live from the Red Carpet, starting with the Golden Globes on January 16. He'll be the main host with roaming reporters Isaac Mizrahi and Giuliana DePandi actually down on the red carpet as celebrities start to arrive. But wait! There's more. In March, Seacrest will also become managing editor and co-anchor of E! News, a daily celebrity newscast on the entertainment channel currently hosted by Giuliana DePandi. As part of the deal, Seacrest will also produce and host celebrity interviews for E!. All of this is in addition to his hosting duties for American Idol and his M-F job as a DJ at a Los Angeles radio station and also as the host of American Top 40 radio show. Do you think he has it in his contract that he gets to say "Seacrest Out" at the end of each broadcast? Ah, well. One Ryan Seacrest is a heck of a lot better than Star Jones, or Joan and Melissa Rivers.

E! lost Joan and Melissa Rivers last year, leaving a tacky, tacky void in their red carpet coverage. Then they picked up Star Jones (who sucked up to the celebrities so much that the carpet was clean by the time she left) and Kathy Griffin to take over, but that went over less than brilliantly (Jones annoyed the hell out of everyone and Griffin got E! in trouble when she made a joke about Dakota Fanning going to rehab, prompting Fanning's reps to sue the network).